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Orchestra
2019
Alto Saxophone
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Double Bass
Flute
Oboe
Strings, bowed
Viola
Violin
Winds
- Program Notes
- This concerto in a single movement for alto saxophone and orchestra was composed for Eudes Bernstein and premiered at the CNSM in Paris. It is based on Edgar Allan Poe's eponymous short story. A tyrannical king's jester publicly avenges the cruel tortures his master had inflicted, and grotesquely puts him to death in front of his court. This work seeks to highlight the tragedy hidden behind a burlesque façade, reminiscent of Tristan/Tantris le bouffon's duality.